[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

When I was a student I worked in a single-man pub kitchen frantically prepping, cooking and washing dishes all at the same time. It was hot, there were no windows, on my feet all day, burns on my hands constantly... but it was my favourite job to date . I mean I wouldn't do it now as it was crap pay (though £2 above min wage at the time which isn't bad as a student) + zero hour contract even though I was working 30-40 hour weeks... BUT the work itself I loved. The time flew in.

It's funny... but I can see that. While at uni I worked as an office cleaner during the late evenings. Our supervisor was a really lovely West Indian woman and she'd play music and we'd all sing and dance while we were working. Made bin emptying and bog cleaning a lot more fun. I think working at the cinema was my very favourite student job, I got to see all the films for free.

Not sure I could have worked in your kitchen however, too hot for me.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Local council work! Good pay for minimal effort. I have legit been told this by many local council workers .

And let's not forget the superannuated pension. Ring the council and try to find someone to talk to at 4pm on a Friday afternoon.

[LeatherTrumpet]

for a whole 2 summers I counted cars. Sat in a small wooden box half way up a mountain, 12 hours, no loo, bring your own food, sat with a clipboard and a pencil. For the Council roads dept.

pay was good and i listened to the radio

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

for a whole 2 summers I counted cars. Sat in a small wooden box half way up a mountain, 12 hours, no loo, bring your own food, sat with a clipboard and a pencil. For the Council roads dept.

pay was good and i listened to the radio

Sounds idyllic.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Livia

Sounds idyllic.

it was when the weather was good it was, just me, the birds and the odd car now and then.

When it was battering down rain, not so much

[parmnion]

Cosmetic tester on animals....very uncool

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

it was when the weather was good it was, just me, the birds and the odd car now and then.

When it was battering down rain, not so much

**** as a teenager I'd have loved it in the rain, I'd have listened to Staind and read philosophy under an umbrella and thought about how no one else gets it.

Straight-down rain though, even as a teenage emo I hated wind. HATE. I feel like it's attacking me on purpose.

[Toy Soldier]

The fact that a council was paying someone a wage to sit and count some cars sounds like a parody though.

[Niamh.]

hhhhmmm traffic warden, clamper, anyone who ****s with your car basically Other than that I suppose something that requires you to dress up like a mascot handing out flyers type thing?

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

hhhhmmm traffic warden, clamper, anyone who ****s with your car basically

Ahh true any job that involved being an arsehole must be the most uncool. "Can't pay? We'll take it away!" types too. Remember this guy?





One of my favourite moments of that series was when Luke S(?) had to say "...Chris got pied..." in the diary room during the no laughing task

BB: "...who got pied...?"

"....... ... Chris got pied"

[MTVN]

Chris the bailiff <3

Taken from us too soon

[Kazanne]

Traffic Warden
Bailiff
Tax man

[Dogeatdog]

Toll booth attendant
Door to door salesman
Traffic Warden

[Dogeatdog]

I do think that the people who do this is a pretty cool job though. Can’t even see wtf is being advertised but it seems like fun